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Those 12 holes are driving me crazy - I need help!!
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Haithamflamenco
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Joined: Mar. 6 2007
From: Bahrain
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Those 12 holes are driving me crazy ...
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Hola amigos, I need some tip from you gitanos, well, if you remeber long time ago maybe in 2007, i was searching about buyuing a flamenco hand made guitar, I made lots of search , and I asked plenty with the small budget i had, I decide to let Jeff make me one, and he did make me a great Blanka, any way, his blanca with 12 holes bridge, I was worring about how should i change the strings, the basses where fine and easy, but the trubles with the trebels, If I tie them the way I tie the basses they get loose , Jeff tied them in a way that they dont get loose, I couldnt figure out how, CAN YOU HELP ME GUYS??? I SEPNT MORE THEN 2 HOURS TRYING TO TIE THE TREBELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If have any video, or any one can make me a video to how to tie strings with 12 holes for the trebels so they dont get lose, that will be great, Ole
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Date May 31 2011 9:40:41
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BarkellWH
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RE: Those 12 holes are driving me cr... (in reply to Patrick)
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If putting a ball on the trebles is for amateurs, than I am the biggest armature here. Do you need the ball? No but in my opinion if you don’t put it on, it’s just a matter of time before you screw up a top. I talk from experience. It takes just seconds to do it. That, of course, is the purpose of learning to properly loop and tie the strings. Done correctly, they will not slip and damage the top. Cheers, Bill
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Date May 31 2011 23:14:58
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BarkellWH
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RE: Those 12 holes are driving me cr... (in reply to Patrick)
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I own three flamenco guitars, two with six-hole tie-blocks and one with a 12-hole tie-block, and I loop and tie the strings, both bass and trebles, without ever having had a string slip. I'm not doubting that you have had strings slip, and that they damaged the top of your guitar. My point is, looped and tied correctly, there is absolutely no reason to burn a ball at the end of the string because it will not slip in the first place. Correct looping and tying is key. And the loops don't have to look like hangman's nooses, as they do in Yojimbo's posted exercise. Cheers, Bill
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Date Jun. 1 2011 18:04:09
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